Junior Group DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#12001

STUDENT(s)

"The Most Profitable 4.4 Miles on the Reading:" Kutztown's

Unparalleled Branch Line

Alexander Fry

Noah Thomas

Jonathan Massie

Gabriel Clauss

Sixth Place

Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Area MS

TEACHER(s)

Aaron Ashman

#12006

STUDENT(s)

Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution

Brian Schiele

Peter Carr

Alex Chen

Nolan Duggan

Fifth Place

, PA, J R Fugett MS

TEACHER(s)

Doug McGillivray

#12013

STUDENT(s)

Breaking the Glass Barrier of the Supreme Court: The

Appointment of Sandra Day O’ Connor, An Advocate for

Gender EqualitySri Koneru

Evangelina

Lamichhane

Fourth Place

Mechanicsburg, PA, Mountain View Middle School

TEACHER(s)

Joseph Ferguson

Junior Group DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#12002

STUDENT(s)

Love Knows No Barriers

Zoe Snyder

Corrine Watson

Hannah Slobozien

Third Place

Marietta, PA, Donegal JHS

TEACHER(s)

Susan A Heydt

#12016

STUDENT(s)

Christiaan Barnard and The First Human Heart Transplant

Zachary Iozzi

Joseph Iozzi

Second Place

, PA, J R Fugett MS

TEACHER(s)

Becky Peters

#12011

STUDENT(s)

Flying Against the Wind: Breaking Barriers in the Golden Age

of Aviation

Bailey Shoaf

Sophia Watson

First Place

Marietta, PA, Donegal JHS

TEACHER(s)

Susan A Heydt

Senior Group DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#22021

STUDENT(s)

Destitution, Repression, & Glasnost: Breaking Barriers in the

USSR

Mathew Iozzi

Abhirami Suresh

Sixth Place

West Chester, PA, West Chester East HS

TEACHER(s)

Christine Bland

#22023

STUDENT(s)

Sputnik: The Invention that Inspired Innovation

Ziad Jaafar

Matthew Rossi

Fifth Place

Oakmont, PA, Riverview HS

TEACHER(s)

Kenneth Kubistek

#22007

STUDENT(s)

Deaf President Now: Breaking Leadership Barriers at

Gallaudet University

Nadia Anthony

Julia McDonnell

Fourth Place

Macungie, PA, Emmaus HS

TEACHER(s)

Michael Carolla

#22013

STUDENT(s)

"Now is the Time": Desegregating Girard College

Ricky Raup

Third Place

Wallingford, PA, St. Joseph's Preparatory School

TEACHER(s)

Leo Vaccaro

Senior Group DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#22022

STUDENT(s)

Diverse City: Residential Integration in Philadelphia's West

Mount Airy

Lily Cohen

Isabella Greene

Margaux Engel

Emmett Gordon

Second Place

Philadelphia, PA, Central HS

TEACHER(s)

Elliott Drago

#22004

STUDENT(s)

Women at West Point: Breaking Barriers of the Long Gray

Line

Kailyn Rowland

Kathryn Miller

First Place

Carlisle, PA, Carlisle Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Mike Gavazzi

Junior Group ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#16010

STUDENT(s)

Curt Flood: Breaking Contractual Barriers Through Free

Agency

Lukas Kachinko

Jorden Lech

Sixth Place

Larksville, PA, Good Shepard Academy

TEACHER(s)

Jennifer Jones

#16016

STUDENT(s)

STONE THIS TIME. DYNAMITE NEXT - The Desegregation

of Little Rock

Caitlyn Burke

Grace Lin

Fifth Place

Allentown, PA, Orefield MS

TEACHER(s)

Michael Messerschmidt

#16003

STUDENT(s)

Through Anne's Words

Zachary Rollins

Anthony Mahoney

Fourth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Holy Name Of Jesus School

TEACHER(s)

Christine Zeglen

#16017

STUDENT(s)

Babbage Breaking Barriers "Breaking Barriers In the Fields

of Technology and Mathematics"

Adam Grigoruk

Chad Kauffman

Third Place

Emmaus, PA, Lower Macungie MS

TEACHER(s)

Patrick Campbell

Junior Group ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#16024

STUDENT(s)

History's Home Run

Evan Morrow

Nick Esterly

Drew Sackarowitz

Beckam Polis

Second Place

Chalfont, PA, Unami MS

TEACHER(s)

John Smola

#16004

STUDENT(s)

Tupperware: Paving the Way for the Reentry of Women to the

Workforce

Annabel Hathaway

Drue Meals

First Place

Enola, PA, Harrisburg Academy

TEACHER(s)

Peter Frengel

Senior Group ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#26023

STUDENT(s)

Dr. Folkman: Killing the Source

Danika Grieser

Nicole Shaliga

Sixth Place

Jamison, PA, Central Bucks HS-East

TEACHER(s)

Chris Johnson

#26008

STUDENT(s)

Breaking the Sound Barrier: Helping Profoundly Deaf

Individuals Listen and Speak

Katie Carlino

Taylor Billet

Fifth Place

Oakmont, PA, Riverview HS

TEACHER(s)

Kenneth Kubistek

#26001

STUDENT(s)

"Breaking the Bomber": How An Eccentric Psychiatrist, a

Secretary Named Alice, and a Desperate Police Force Led to

the Birth of Criminal ProfilingIsabella Pizzelanti

Dominick Pizzelanti

Grayce Berk

Fourth Place

Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Area SHS

TEACHER(s)

Amy Howard

#26024

STUDENT(s)

"Can A Colored Woman Become A Physician?": Virginia M.

Alexander's Fight for Acceptance in Medicine

Annetta Yuwono

Isabel Portner

Kera McCarthy

Third Place

philadelphia, PA, Masterman Julia R Sec Sch

TEACHER(s)

Liz Taylor

Senior Group ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#26026

STUDENT(s)

The Amistad Mutiny: "Not Property but Freemen"

Madison Shelton

Chloe Doyle

Lisel Ndrecka

Second Place

Philadelphia, PA, Masterman Julia R Sec Sch

TEACHER(s)

Liz Taylor

#26019

STUDENT(s)

From Behind the Lens: How Lewis Hine Exposed Child

Labor

Robyn Strazisar

Amelia DAddieco

Sophia Wilson

First Place

McMurray, PA, Peters Twp HS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Elders

Junior Group PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#14008

STUDENT(s)

Clara Lemlich

Sara Holland

Healley Saltz

Natalie Passewe

Sixth Place

Allentown, PA, Springhouse MS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Abrams

#14004

STUDENT(s)

Civil Disobedience in Washington, Pennsylvania: Breaking

the Barrier of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Emma Fitch

Maclaine Povlish

Fifth Place

Belle Vernon, PA, Belle Vernon Area MS

TEACHER(s)

Ross Farmer

#14001

STUDENT(s)

The Failed Experiment

Luigi Leone

Clara Welshans

Mackenzie Ayers

Zachary Kelemen

Fourth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Holy Name Of Jesus School

TEACHER(s)

Nancy Staffaroni

#14007

STUDENT(s)

ALL SHOOK UP: HOW ELVIS BROKE BARRIERS IN

ENTERTAINMENT AND CREATED ROCK AND ROLL

Karis Calla

Rj Duffy

Emma Duffy

Third Place

Harrisburg, PA, Saint Margaret Mary School

TEACHER(s)

Magdalene Monahan

Junior Group PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#14010

STUDENT(s)

Out of the Ashes and Into the Cauldron: The Cotton Mill

Strikes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Shaeliyah Clendaniel

Hannah Bisceglia

Abigail Breakiron

Second Place

Belle Vernon, PA, Belle Vernon Area MS

TEACHER(s)

Ross Farmer

#14005

STUDENT(s)

The Are Humans, Too: Dorothea Dix Breaks the Gender

Barrier to Advocate for the Mentally Ill

Leah Troiano

Maggie Nesko

First Place

Pittsburgh, PA, Mary Queen Of Apostles

TEACHER(s)

Brandi Figueroa

Senior Group PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#24003

STUDENT(s)

Passion and Power: Breaking Barriers for the Conservation

of our Environment

Uma Purani

Ella Wu

Sixth Place

Breinigsville, PA, Parkland HS

TEACHER(s)

Calliope Volikas

#24013

STUDENT(s)

Raegan and Gorbachev: Tearing Down Walls

Lydia Berger

Quinn Kubistek

Fifth Place

North Huntingdon, PA, Norwin SHS

TEACHER(s)

Constance DeMore Savine

#24001

STUDENT(s)

The Radium Girls: Breaking Barriers in Industrial Worker’s

Safety

Alana Carnicelli

Francesco Cangialosi

Ava Smith

Fourth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Bishop McDevitt High School

TEACHER(s)

Eric Mark

#24011

STUDENT(s)

"The Right of Revolution": Resisting The Fugitive Slave Act

of 1850

Sean McClendon

Hayden Gold

Connie Zhang

Third Place

Philadelphia, PA, Masterman Julia R Sec Sch

TEACHER(s)

Liz Taylor

Senior Group PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#24006

STUDENT(s)

A Walk Down Abbey Road: How the Beatles Broke Barriers

in History

Victor Williams

Joshua Rembe

Anthony Hartwick

Michael Allessi

Second Place

Wexford, PA, Pine-Richland HS

TEACHER(s)

Brittany Adams

#24010

STUDENT(s)

Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein Empowering

Women while Breaking Barriers in Beauty and Business

Pandora Schoen

Stefania Schoen

First Place

Macungie, PA, Emmaus HS

TEACHER(s)

Melissa Montero

Junior Group WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#18016

STUDENT(s)

A New Dawn : Overcoming Adversity Helen Keller

Takeirah Godfrey

Areebah Meher

Sixth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Marshall Math Science Academy

TEACHER(s)

John Demko

#18008

STUDENT(s)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Crusading to End Gender

Discrimination

Elizabeth Mathew

Audrey Beckman

Stella Remaley

Fifth Place

, PA, J R Fugett MS

TEACHER(s)

Doug McGillivray

#18017

STUDENT(s)

Prescription Zero: How Penicillin Broke Barriers in Antibiotics

Christian Gensbigler

Ben Trautlein

Benjamin Trautlein

Fourth Place

Enola, PA, Mountain View Middle School

TEACHER(s)

Jake Miller

#18020

STUDENT(s)

Project Mercury: The Forgotten Mission

Anthony Grigoli

Luka Pettine

Samith Rohatgi

Third Place

Fogelsville, PA, Springhouse MS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Abrams

Junior Group WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#18006

STUDENT(s)

Breaking Barriers of Discrimination: The Civil Rights Act of

1964

Antony Tomy

Rishab Yanala

Second Place

Breinigsville, PA, Springhouse MS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Abrams

#18011

STUDENT(s)

It’s You I Like

Julia Riley

Allison Cannon

Star Henwood

First Place

, PA, Holy Sepulcher

TEACHER(s)

Dorothy Johnson

Senior Group WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#28017

STUDENT(s)

Hammurabi's Code: The Barrier between Freedom and

Society

Joey Inzinga

Aidan Draxinger

Sixth Place

Verona, PA, Riverview HS

TEACHER(s)

Kenneth Kubistek

#28012

STUDENT(s)

Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation:The Changing

of the Church

Madison Scalese

Noah Peles

Fifth Place

Starford, PA, Purchase Line JSHS

TEACHER(s)

Melinda Knapp

#28003

STUDENT(s)

Breaking Barriers through Love - The Stonewall Rebellion

and the Fight for Gay Liberation

Haley Watson

Talia Pugliese

Fourth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Bishop McDevitt High School

TEACHER(s)

Eric Mark

#28005

STUDENT(s)

The Warren Court: Chipping Away the Walls of Inequality in

America

Diya Patel

Ishva Shah

Shriya Patel

Khushi Patel

Third Place

Allentown, PA, Emmaus HS

TEACHER(s)

Michael Carolla

Melissa Montero

Senior Group WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#28013

STUDENT(s)

The Strangest Place on Earth for Human Tots to Be Fed,

Nursed, and Cared for

Ankhitha Manjunatha

Akshatha Manjunatha

Second Place

Breinigsville, PA, Parkland HS

TEACHER(s)

Calliope Volikas

#28001

STUDENT(s)

"It's You I Like:" How Mister Rogers Taught Us To Be A Good

Neighbor

Emma Keller

Kaylen Leiby

First Place

Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Area SHS

TEACHER(s)

Amy Howard

Junior Individual DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#11011

STUDENT(s)

Miles Davis: How One Man Broke the Barrier Between Jazz

and Rock

Luca Savarino

Sixth Place

Mechanicsburg, PA, Harrisburg Academy

TEACHER(s)

Lisa Haywood

#11003

STUDENT(s)

Soaring Through Barriers

https://youtu.be/ibNZEBZ1eEwReyna Schreiner

Fifth Place

Mechanicsburg, PA, Mountain View Middle School

TEACHER(s)

Jake Miller

#11013

STUDENT(s)

Jazz: The Music that Fueled a Revolution

Thomas Gilchrist

Fourth Place

Orefield, PA, Orefield MS

TEACHER(s)

Michael Messerschmidt

#11008

STUDENT(s)

Friendship 7: Breaking Physiological Barriers to Change the

Course of the Space Race

Julianne Landsberg

Third Place

Delmont, PA, Franklin Regional MS

TEACHER(s)

Jennifer Joyce

Junior Individual DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#11002

STUDENT(s)

When Breaking Barriers Means Life or Death: The

Remarkable Courage of Allied Spy Virginia Hall

Lilia Pizzelanti

Second Place

Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Area MS

TEACHER(s)

Aaron Ashman

#11017

STUDENT(s)

(Super) Powered Change: Marvel Defying Social Barriers

Norah Strauss

First Place

Philadelphia, PA, St. Peter's School

TEACHER(s)

Marian Cronin-Connolly

Senior Individual DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#21023

STUDENT(s)

"Grits, Not Guns": The Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast

Program

Max Chen

Sixth Place

Philadelphia, PA, Masterman Julia R Sec Sch

TEACHER(s)

Liz Taylor

#21010

STUDENT(s)

The Allegheny Cotton Mill Strikes: Breaking Barriers for

Working-Class Women

Joelle Kennedy

Fifth Place

Belle Vernon, PA, Belle Vernon Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Ross Farmer

#21017

STUDENT(s)

Moving Mountains and Changing the Future of Travel:

America's First Superhighway

Everett Papenfuse

Fourth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Harrisburg Academy

TEACHER(s)

Lindsay Bowman

#21001

STUDENT(s)

Coughing Up Cash: Sealing the Future of Philanthropy

Taylor Barton

Third Place

Marietta, PA, Donegal HS

TEACHER(s)

Susan Heydt

Senior Individual DocumentaryRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#21027

STUDENT(s)

NAMES Project AIDS Quilt: Breaking the Barrier between

American Attitudes and the AIDS Crisis

Pete Glauber

Second Place

Doylestown, PA, Central Bucks HS-East

TEACHER(s)

Chris Johnson

#21009

STUDENT(s)

"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work": Leon Sullivan's Fight

Against Job Discrimination

Giuliana Alleva

First Place

Philadelphia, PA, Masterman Julia R Sec Sch

TEACHER(s)

Liz Taylor

Junior Individual ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#15009

STUDENT(s)

Elizabeth Blackwell: Breaking the Gender Barrier Through

Medicine

Gaby Heberling

Sixth Place

Bryn Mawr, PA, Radnor MS

TEACHER(s)

Jeff McQuaid

#15008

STUDENT(s)

Leonardo da Vinci Forming the Fissures that Fractured the

Ceiling

Alexandra Barnes

Fifth Place

, PA, J R Fugett MS

TEACHER(s)

Thomas Swift

#15021

STUDENT(s)

Boeing 747: An Icon in Air Travel

Eric Jin

Fourth Place

Orefield, PA, Orefield MS

TEACHER(s)

Michael Messerschmidt

#15004

STUDENT(s)

When Smoke Ran like Water

Gianna DeVivo

Third Place

Harrisburg, PA, Holy Name Of Jesus School

TEACHER(s)

Nancy Staffaroni

Junior Individual ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#15023

STUDENT(s)

Brenda Berkman:Fighting the Fires of Discrimination

Anna Conen

Second Place

Bryn Mawr, PA, Radnor MS

TEACHER(s)

Emily Morikawa

#15024

STUDENT(s)

Breaking the Silence of the "Chemical Death Rain:" Rachel

Carson Empowers the Environmental Movement

Anna Hoffmann

First Place

Venetia, PA, Peters Twp MS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Elders

Senior Individual ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#25026

STUDENT(s)

Coco Chanel: Breaking Gender Barriers Through Fashion

Maggie Machulsky

Sixth Place

Macungie, PA, Emmaus HS

TEACHER(s)

David Brown

#25003

STUDENT(s)

Breaking Barriers at the Bar: Ida Kast, Cumberland County's

First Female Attorney

Lola Gehman

Fifth Place

Carlisle, PA, Carlisle Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Delia Roper

#25008

STUDENT(s)

Bouncing Bombs: Breaking Barriers

Sophia Harris

Fourth Place

Emmaus, PA, Emmaus HS

TEACHER(s)

Melissa Montero

#25018

STUDENT(s)

Ada Lovelace: A Computing Visionary

Amy Liu

Third Place

Warrington, PA, Central Bucks HS-South

TEACHER(s)

Rachel Nulty

Senior Individual ExhibitRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#25022

STUDENT(s)

Janet Guthrie: Racing Past Gender Barriers

Olivia Renault

Second Place

Carlisle, PA, Carlisle Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Kevin Wagner

#25010

STUDENT(s)

Bletchley Park: Brains over Brawn

Rishi Mukherjee

First Place

Presto, PA, Winchester Thurston School

TEACHER(s)

Callie Gropp

Junior Individual PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#13007

STUDENT(s)

Chiune Sugihara: A Silent Hero Who Broke Both

Governmental and Cultural Barriers of Japan and Lithuania

Hanae Takahashi

Sixth Place

Allentown, PA, Springhouse MS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Abrams

#13010

STUDENT(s)

Milton Hershey: One Vision, One Man

Emerson Simon

Fifth Place

Export, PA, Franklin Regional MS

TEACHER(s)

Brandon Aganad

#13009

STUDENT(s)

The Real Pied Piper: Breaking Familial Barriers in WW2 to

Save England's Children

Evelyn Maiman

Fourth Place

Murrysville, PA, Franklin Regional MS

TEACHER(s)

Jennifer Joyce

#13006

STUDENT(s)

Behind Closed Doors: Breaking Through the Barrier of

Political Partisanship

Paul Stevenson

Third Place

Duryea, PA, Wyoming Seminary Lower School

TEACHER(s)

Clark Switzer

Junior Individual PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#13003

STUDENT(s)

Jean Francoise Champollion: Codebreaker Extraordinaire

Lawson Miller

Second Place

Phoenixville, PA, St. Norbert School

TEACHER(s)

Mary Riisen

#13004

STUDENT(s)

Alan Turing: The Turing Time of New Inventions

Christopher Palmer

First Place

Phoenixville, PA, St. Norbert School

TEACHER(s)

Mary Riisen

Senior Individual PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#23012

STUDENT(s)

Dorothea Dix: Breaking Barriers in the Human Rights

Offenses of the Mentally Ill

Hope Broadhurst

Sixth Place

orefield, PA, Parkland HS

TEACHER(s)

Calliope Volikas

#23014

STUDENT(s)

"Failure is not an option": Breaking Barriers to Send Man to

the Moon

Ethan Schroeder

Fifth Place

Tarentum, PA, St. Joseph High School

TEACHER(s)

David Widenhofer

#23005

STUDENT(s)

Her Time to Play: Women Breaking Barriers in Basketball

Viva Kreis

Fourth Place

Belle Vernon, PA, Belle Vernon Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Ross Farmer

#23002

STUDENT(s)

Breaking through the Surface: Wangari Maathai and the

Roots of the Green Belt Movement

Megan Mwaura

Third Place

Camp Hill, PA, Bishop McDevitt High School

TEACHER(s)

Eric Mark

Senior Individual PerformanceRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#23006

STUDENT(s)

The Story of Starlight: Women Who Changed Our

Understanding of the Universe

Lilianna Hug

Second Place

California, PA, Salamander Meadows Homeschool

TEACHER(s)

Annelise Carleton-Hug

#23010

STUDENT(s)

Star Trek: Breaking Barriers in Space and the Small Screen

Lorriane Durbin

First Place

Carlisle, PA, Carlisle Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Delia Roper

Junior Individual WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#17021

STUDENT(s)

Defining History: Liberty, Justice, and Truth through DNA

Testing

Grace Nesko

Sixth Place

New Kensington, PA, Mary Queen Of Apostles

TEACHER(s)

Brandi Figueroa

#17015

STUDENT(s)

Breaking Chains for Freedom

Gracen Conrad

Fifth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Holy Name Of Jesus School

TEACHER(s)

Nancy Staffaroni

#17004

STUDENT(s)

Muhammad Ali and the Ideological Barriers of the Vietnam

War

Abdulsalam Ahmat

Fourth Place

Harrisburg, PA, Marshall Math Science Academy

TEACHER(s)

Jim Howard

#17017

STUDENT(s)

Breaking through the Land and Sea: The Panama Canal

Sunny Chen

Third Place

Allentown, PA, Springhouse MS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Abrams

Junior Individual WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#17009

STUDENT(s)

From Numbers to Words: How Grace Hopper Broke the

Barrier of Human-Computer Communication

Olina Mukherjee

Second Place

Pittsburgh, PA, Kentucky Avenue School

TEACHER(s)

Molly Butler

#17003

STUDENT(s)

Breaking the Barrier in Education Mendez V. Westminster

Elizabeth Howard

First Place

enola, PA, Mountain View Middle School

TEACHER(s)

Joseph Ferguson

Senior Individual WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#27018

STUDENT(s)

Breaking a Forbidden Ethical Boundary: The Creation of the

Atomic Bomb

Mai Hukuoka

Sixth Place

Allentown, PA, Parkland HS

TEACHER(s)

Calliope Volikas

#27010

STUDENT(s)

Breaking Barriers and Splitting Atoms: The Development and

Use of the First Atomic Weapons

Joseph Nypaver

Fifth Place

Venetia, PA, Peters Twp HS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Elders

#27003

STUDENT(s)

Woman's Medical College of PA - A New Era for Women in

Medicine

Madison Ellis

Fourth Place

Carlisle, PA, Carlisle Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Kevin Wagner

#27016

STUDENT(s)

Marie Curie: Pioneer for Women and the World

Caroline Gress

Third Place

Johnstown, PA, Greater Johnstown SHS

TEACHER(s)

Devin Carosi

Senior Individual WebsiteRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#27006

STUDENT(s)

¨Will you accept or reject them?¨: Breaking Barriers of

Gender & Inequality in Medicine

Tanya Mehta

Second Place

Orefield, PA, Parkland HS

TEACHER(s)

Calliope Volikas

#27021

STUDENT(s)

The Firebird: Maria Tallchief, Barrier Breaking Ballerina

Rylee Shaw

First Place

West Newton, PA, Belle Vernon Area HS

TEACHER(s)

Ross Farmer

Junior PaperRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#10018

STUDENT(s)

Becky Hammon

Madison Beutman

Sixth Place

Alum Bank, PA, Chestnut Ridge MS

TEACHER(s)

A.J. Weyant

#10004

STUDENT(s)

Daniel Hale Williams

Jenna Helsel

Fifth Place

Hollidaysburg, PA, Claysburg-Kimmel HS

TEACHER(s)

Curt Rodgers

#10024

STUDENT(s)

Breaking the Antarctic Barrier: Becoming the First Person to

Step Foot on the South Pole

Sam Oliver

Fourth Place

Philadelphia, PA, St. Peter's School

TEACHER(s)

Marian Cronin-Connolly

#10006

STUDENT(s)

The Beginning of a New Period, A First for Mankind:

Penicillium Notatum Chrysogenum

Vidhi Desai

Third Place

Orfield, PA, Springhouse MS

TEACHER(s)

Joshua Abrams

Junior PaperRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#10007

STUDENT(s)

The King of Ragtime: Breaking Down Social Barriers

Ethan Altshul

Second Place

, PA, J R Fugett MS

TEACHER(s)

Thomas Swift

#10022

STUDENT(s)

The Road that Built America: The National Road and the

Breaking of the Nation's First Geographic and Political

BarriersNisah Alexander

First Place

Belle Vernon, PA, Belle Vernon Area MS

TEACHER(s)

Ross Farmer

Senior PaperRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#20006

STUDENT(s)

Margaret Sanger: Breaking Barriers of Birth Control

Lin Luo

Sixth Place

macungie, PA, Emmaus HS

TEACHER(s)

Michael Carolla

#20029

STUDENT(s)

Constructing a Surveillance Precedent by Breaking Privacy

Barriers: The Passage and Legacy of the USA PATRIOT Act

of 2001Joseph Rotella

Fifth Place

Jenkintown, PA, Abington Friends School

TEACHER(s)

Margaret Guerra

#20004

STUDENT(s)

Conquering the Barriers Between Nature and Man: Rachel

Carson and the Modern Environmental Movement

Shaughnessea

Richardson

Fourth Place

Brockway, PA, Brockway Area JSHS

TEACHER(s)

Shawn Smith

#20020

STUDENT(s)

Elizabeth Eckford: The Cost of Breaking Barriers

Fionnuir Ni Chochlain

Third Place

Macungie, PA, Emmaus HS

TEACHER(s)

Michael Carolla

Senior PaperRank, Student(s) Title, City, Affiliate, School, Teacher(s)

#20016

STUDENT(s)

Broadcasting: Breaking Barriers Between a People and Their

President

Xyla Carlson

Second Place

Lancaster, PA, J.P. McCaskey High School

TEACHER(s)

Kevin Webster

#20009

STUDENT(s)

Loving v. Virginia: Challenging the Legal Limitations on Love

Oona Toman

First Place

Philadelphia, PA, Masterman Julia R Sec Sch

TEACHER(s)

Liz Taylor